News Editor Valentina Di Liscia has the latest on the Brooklyn Museum’s looming layoffs, which are paused — for now — after a city funding increase and voluntary buyouts for nearly 30 workers.
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March 25, 2025

Good morning. News Editor Valentina Di Liscia has the latest on the Brooklyn Museum’s looming layoffs, which are paused — for now — after a city funding increase and voluntary buyouts for nearly 30 workers. Read on for the full scoop.

Also in the news, No Other Land co-director Hamdan Ballal was reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers and abducted by the military, just weeks after he was onstage to accept an Oscar for the documentary. Staff Writers Maya Pontone and Isa Farfan have the story below.

As part of our continuing coverage of New York’s Print Week, and with the IFPDA fair a few days away, check out Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar’s round-up of over a dozen print workshops around the city. What better way to decompress than to visit their spaces and gaze at some beautiful prints?

Read on for more balms in the form of treats from our critics, including Reviews Editor Natalie Haddad on an online show that embraces archival videos as an act of resistance and Associate Editor Lisa Yin Zhang on David Kennedy Cutler’s meditations on “life’s relentless too-muchness” (real), plus Lori Waxman on a non-hierarchical show exploring Native art practices. Have a lovely day.

—Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor

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Brooklyn Museum Pauses Layoffs, But Workers Not Out of the Woods

A city funding increase and voluntary buyouts for nearly 30 workers mean the institution will hold off on further staff cuts, for now. | Valentina Di Liscia

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